Markets

Jul 13, 2010 at 09:53

There is no end of economists, analysts, and reporters filling the air with investment recommendations. Is the stock market oversold? Should we invest for inflation or deflation? And so on…

Jul 13, 2010 at 08:04

Inflationary risks have seemingly fallen out of the mindset of many investors recently, with the European debt crisis causing many to reevaluate their outlook for global economic growth in concert…

Jul 13, 2010 at 07:21

At 10 times the size of the stock market, the bond selling can continue to fuel further gains. Bonds are a powerful force and can create a huge amount of…

Jul 13, 2010 at 06:48

U.S. stock futures are called higher this morning as investors look forward to a positive earnings season. Late yesterday Alcoa kicked off earnings season by reporting a $136 million profit…

Jul 13, 2010 at 06:44

The initial thrust out of one of these major cycle bottoms will usually gain 6-10% in the first 8-13 days. We are now 5 days in and up 6.6% so…

Jul 13, 2010 at 06:31

The major index ETFs opened lower and then raced higher in the first half hour of trading only to see the bears take charge after the NASDAQ-100 showed intraday gains…

Jul 12, 2010 at 20:34

During the last two weeks Gold corrected nearly US$80 or 6,3%. The lows came in around US$1.185 last Wednesday. Gold found short term support exactly at the trendline.

Jul 12, 2010 at 20:09

Catalysts for market this week are, of course, earnings, which come out beginning Monday evening when Alcoa (AA) announces, and news over the weekend about the China trade surplus. In…

Jul 12, 2010 at 19:58

Once again we see another bearish piece on Gold in the WSJ. Rather than attack the author personally, we want to illustrate how the article is another example of the…

Jul 12, 2010 at 19:48

While many people spend time yearning for the financial markets to turn back up, a rare few have looked back in time to compare historical markets with the current situation…